The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-19
WHY NOT?
CAN YOU GIVE ANY GOOD REAS
ON FOR DECLINING TO
TAKE A LIFE POLICY?

|. You cannot say; SIT is novel thing
Life Assurance has been practi'ed,
/ more or less. for three hundred years.
! In II e last bali century it has grown with
such rapidly in the Cuied States, that
it is now one Of The greatest interests In
| the country, ranking with the n:ost i'm
| p0rtaut raj road and banking interests.
| Many millions of dollars ara paid by
| the Il ritish American COMPANIES every
/ wear to the families of decea- ed memb RS
| OF Life Assurance companles. In no
| other way has money ever been so sue
| cessfully distributed among those who
are dependent and uuab e to earn money
for tien.selves: and there is hardly a
! person who rea,is this hut who knows OF
families saved by the humane agency Il
! Life Assurance from distressing ills at
| tendant upon poverty.
! YOu cannot say cit il impiety to pros
| pose to assure human lives"
! II it were existence that is nrop sed to
| be assured, it won d be in piely; but it is
! possrssion not existence.
You cannot say, 1t is a chance
| operation"
! The laws governing Life Assurance
| rest u pom the RI cky btsIs of M rematical
| certainty. The facts Of ASTRONOMY. even.
! cannot be more surely ascertaiDed and
clearly demonstrated than the principles
un"n which Life Assurance is based.
III cannot say, III IS enough mat
have wealthy friends and relatives"
Would you think it Just to have re'a-
tives thrown on your hands for supper: ?
Is ii right then.-Is It mauly-to leave
| your family whore they may at any tine
become burden to relatives or friends D.?
And does not your every parental feeling
recoil from such though?
Yon cannot say, Il NUT pay my
debts first
fFbnnS1n.IS Of ho nd 1r,orI in p,ov, no q
un"isey said this to the neg'eei Of Lille
Assurancn. Perhaps they struggled and
econ"mised to pay for farm, or a home,
aud lad II nearly laid for but dA:::;;i 7,
took them II, and that mel ..JGye which
had to be fofect SGD, forced the property
upon the market and sacrificed it. and
so the Ilt]ke all was lost? What u prize
| ~ S4iCh q case Wontd eU9n q small Lise
I Policy hare been! Such examples ought
to be a warning to you. Because you
arc in debt you ought to be assured.
You cannot say, My income is slen-
| der. and | can invest MY small earnings
| in something better"
1t is easy t. find good invest ments for
small sums of money. say for $40, $50.
SO or 500? Are You sure of prolonged
| life to make t'ose investments to amount
to much? But remember, Ivy the pay
ment of a single Life Insurance premium,
you make d generous Investment ut once.
You cannot say, Il am too good a sub
ject TO assure; my fa'h~r lived to old age,
| and am sound and Ingged.''
| Y sur good health has a money UaIme
in it, which you may use, if You see fit
| Upon it you can construct, At once for.
| tune. Is it not wise to turn to account
this capital (your sound copstitution) Ivy
! taking Insurance upon 1t. especial Y a.
| accidents and disease lie in ait for all L?
You cannot say, It implies a distrust
| Of Providence,
The objection might as we'll he urged
against Fire Insurance; or putting light
ning-rods on uiidings or, indeed, TAX
| ing any precaution to avert possible
evils. Providence was not intended to
preclude self help.
You cannot say "The assured are apt
t. die soon -
This is a foolish superstition. It is
capabl of proof that Life Assurance
tends directly to protong lie, by reliev
| ing it of anXieties. anu by promoting
the stability, ecOh"my, and good order
OF society and the family. And statistics
pr~ve the same thing
You cannot say cit is expensive"
Do you ca LAY ing mp money "expen-
siv.?''
You might AS we'll talk Of the ''oxpense'
of buying bank STOCK. or OF putting
aside your earnings in any safe place,
as to Speak Of the expense Of keeping w
life policy. 1t is accumulation, not ex>
pense.
J. X. YOUNG,
LIFE AND FIRE Insurance A1ENT,
He dtrSon. n. C.,
Policies written in first>class compa>
| nitS CNly.